Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: April 19, 2011
(I also wrote a less formal discussion of what I liked about Portal 2 on my Tumblr. This document contains spoilers.) Portal 2 is unfortunately not nearly as inclusive as the first. The first the worst problem (that I noticed) was that there was some implication that GlaDOS’s amorality was being equated with people with [...]
Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: February 10, 2011
[Crossposted from here] Okay how is it that we internalized this idea that ‘offensiveness’ is the problem? Because I mean seriously, when people make, say, jokes about how trans people are not really their gender and such, the problem isn’t offensiveness. It’s oppressiveness. You’re not offending someone. YOU’RE HURTING THEM. Equating being oppressed with being [...]
Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: January 11, 2011
I can pretty confidently say the world hates me. About an hour ago my computer stopped working. Ironically in the middle of writing a post about why the internet is really important to my (and other people’s) life. Now I am without it. Considering while I do have a backup computer, it’s old and runs [...]
